If you paid Ayahuasca Healings, Your Highest Truth Healings Inc, Marc Shackman, Christopher 'Trinity' de Guzman, Oklevueha Native American Church with a credit card, contact your bank and file a complaint. Get a chargeback, a forced reversal of funds. Get your money back. Also, if Trinity is still using Paypal, this is totally against Paypal acceptable use policy, no illegal activit
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QuoteAccording to Marc Shackman, CEO and shaman of the Ayahuasca Healings Church, Guzman was denied reentry to the United States from Canada around the first of the new year after border agents discovered his affiliation with the church. QuoteIn a phone conversation earlier this week, Shackman said “It’s not an exchange of money for services. It’s a donation to our church which we can use in an
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Christopher "Trinity" de Guzman has posted a new video. He states that he is in Peru. He is in his guru garb of white tunic, mala beads, and gold necklace. Lit candle in background. The video is 23 minutes of him telling us that we should be thankful for the spiritual teaching of not getting our money back. He offers techniques for getting rid of "emotional baggage". I
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Some folks elsewhere are now blaming and shaming the victims. I encourage people to instead focus on the behavior of the leaders, Trinity de Guzman and Marc Shackman. People who were persuaded and manipulated by the leaders deserve education and support, not blame. Anyone can be a victim. Intuition alone is not protection against persuasion. Victims were not stupid or inferior - they were c
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Trinity has taken down the page Dhamma and I posted links to. Fortunately a cached copy was found and posted here
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Trinity's excuse for not giving refunds: He explains that ripping people off for money is actually giving them spiritual teaching and gifts because it makes people wait. That we all need to surrender and let them reschedule, even though they have no clue when that could be. Also, no money back because it is a donation. And Trinity hopes "you are receiving the lessons".
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For anyone who has lost money to Ayahuasca Healings, there are efforts under way to work with the media, along with gathering support, check on Facebook for the public group page Ayahuasca Healings is NOT Legal. Posted on the AH group page, in a comment thread responding to the AH post about going on hiatus: "They wouldn't give me a refund because they said the money was already spe
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Thank you for joining in dhammahuasca, hope you will continue to do so. I had a brief unpleasant online interaction with their web person, Maybe I am in some instances being unfair. I hope that he honestly is a good fellow and that he can get out of this bad situation. I hope everyone can. I still think they are a scam, hitched to the larger scam of ONAC. Dhamma can you write more about why
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Rising Life Media LLP David Albert Yvonne Dubie In the past he was also director of 144 Limited
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I got my Davids mixed up in my research, the last three posts don't belong in this thread. Sorry about that, I let moderator know. Imzaia was founded by David Dubie. Web archive on David Dubie - Imzaia, includes photos of him
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Relevant information on unprofessional conduct, Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners: 16. "Unprofessional conduct" includes the following, whether occurring in this state or elsewhere: (a) Conviction of a felony. Conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction or a plea of no contest is conclusive evidence of the conviction. (b) Use of fraud or deceit in connection with ren
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Information above is all from public records. List of "Planetary Cities of Light" along with names of coordinators: Next annual conference is titled "The Sacred Triangle – a New Paradigm for Planetary Healing" QuoteTopics include: Shimmering Thought projection and folding space time Arcturian healing chambers. Hoographic healing. The Kabbalah and the Fifth Di
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David K Miller was born in 1946 He may also go by David Donald Miller, or this may be another family member. Gudrun R Miller was born in 1950 David K Miller has a company in Arizona: Group of Forty LLC. Agent Name: DAVID K MILLER Agent Mailing/Physical Address: 4260 OAK LN GROOM CREEK PRESCOTT, AZ 86303 Agent Status: APPOINTED 12/27/2011 Entity Type: DOMESTIC L.L.C. In
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Trinity de Guzman says he is leading a movement called "Global Healing Community". He wants us all to join, listen to everything he says, and that soon he will tell us what our individual roles are. Youtube videos by Gabriel Ng recruit for Ayahuasca Healungs. Facebook is also used for recruitment along with the main website and marketing email list. Trinity says they are working w
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Christopher "Trinity" de Guzman, using the name Trinity de la Cruz, has been a student and promoter of T. Harv Eker's LGATs. Trinity's Facebook page includes photos from 2010 of his partipation in a "Mind of Steel Heart of Gold" event. He uses pseudo-Native language in some captions, most likely mirroring the inaccuracies he was taught. One photo shows a woma
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Ms. Stevens is the CAO of the Skidegate Band Council on Haida Gwaii. She has been active on the council for 40 plus years. She behaves like an old style political boss with very little accountability. Babs uses her power to recruit more members in the Erick Gonzalez - Earth Peoples United drug cult. She also is a Psychology of Vision trainer and active recruiter for that LGAT seminar business. Pl
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Quotes below are from POV's recent ad. POV has lost two Canadian trainers and at least two U.K. trainers. The two Canadian former trainers have gone on to form their own seminar business. The two U.K. are Jeff and Sue Allen, Chuck Spezzano's top people. Jeff Allen has recent health challenges that he says are why he no longer will be a trainer (not having to pay the annual POV fee w
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Bill Torvund: Teaching Ministry 2012 My purpose in presenting this course is for students to learn the dynamics of attunement. To learn to ‘attune’ means to become conscious of the various spectrums of cosmic and universal light that are being made available to us. Through this ministry, students will also learn some of the tenets of healing, as healing is one of the highest and most sacred ac
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Sanctuary of the On has been incorporated since at least 1984 in Oregon, as a nonprofit "religious with members". This is still active, he has kept up with the paperwork. Sanctuary of the On is also a Nonprofit Corporation (Foreign) in good standing in Minnesota. Employment Identification Number 91-1116967 Since Sanctuary of the On is recognized as a church by the IRS, he is n
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There are many critical articles available directly disputing Ayahuasca Healings' claims. When asked about this, AH responds that criticism is all only from anti-ayahuasca forces that are enemies of the AH spiritual vision. But this is far from the truth. The Ayahuasca Defense Fund states: QuoteAYAHUASCA HEALINGS RETREATS IS THE FIRST LEGAL AYAHUASCA CHURCH IN THE US. Reality: Fal
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If refunds are not prompt, obtaining legal advice might be helpful. Dylan Guss is the webmaster / support person of Ayahuasca Healings. His last known location is Peru. Those who know him say he now sounds like a clone of Trinity, so be prepared for a lot of sales rhetoric and manipulation attempts. support@ayahuasc
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Trinity de Guzman issued a public statement on March 8 that Ayahuasca Healings in on hiatus. He writes "we are 100% confident that what we are doing here is 100% legal". Yet he also writes that the reason for the hiatus is because they do not have a D.E.A. permit (meaning they are not legal). This information is not on the front page of their website. It is buried in a lot of sal
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Trinity says in that marketing survey that they may soon offer a coaching program. He also requests that we state our monthly income. This is both a survey to help him refine his marketing pitch, we are asked what life issues we would like help with - and it is also a sales technique, the survey is designed to be persuasive and encourage us to feel invested.
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Trinity says he has an 82 year old Shipibo, Peruvian man, along with his daughter, who will be brought to US for ceremonies at the Ayahuasca Healings land in Washington state. Trinity's announcement includes three requests to take a survey, the survey is a marketing survey designed to encourage people to feel invested in Trinity's group.
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Current schedule at Ayahuasca Healings led by Marc Shackman: Friday 12 pm arrival, snacks Welcome and introduction and paperwork light sweatlodge and fire 1 pm tipis, tour, and settle in a bit 2 pm sweatlodge ceremony make prayer ties 3 pm entire sweatlodge 5:30 pm exit sweatlodge 6 pm showers 7 pm community dinner and saturday staff intros briefing 9 pm showers
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You can keep this checklist handy to compare anything you hear about the group and leaders. Also this with suggestions for friends and family. StacieBobacy, your question about the general public, yes, this forum can be read by anyone online.
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The authors and leaders of The Template are Jiva and Juliet Carter. I don't know anything about them or their group. We can focus on their behavior, on whether they are safe group leaders or not. Their beliefs may seem odd to us, though they are right in line with the New Age marketplace. So behavior is what is most important. StacieBobacy Wrote: ------------------------------
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The leaders are Jiva and Juliet Carter. I wonder how much they charge for their "ceremonies".
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The Ayahuasca Defense Fund, run by professionals, academics, and attorneys, has now stated specifically that Ayahuasca Healings "has no legal protections". This is an excellent time for everyone to flee this unsafe sinking ship, educate themselves about the coercive persuasion that has been used on them, and regain their minds and lives. This includes their newest public membe
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Trinity de Guzman claims that he has spent many lifetimes drinking ayahuasca. He says "my sexuality is my greatest path". He is branding himself as some sort of "tantric" teacher. QuoteCome with me, as I take you on a journey, into understanding the little known connection between Ayahuasca and Sacred Sexuality, and how I experienced liberation and fulfillment t
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